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turpentine

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tur·pen·tine  (tûrpn-tn)
n.
1. A thin volatile essential oil, C10H16, obtained by steam distillation or other means from the wood or exudate of certain pine trees and used as a paint thinner, solvent, and medicinally as a liniment. Also called oil of turpentine, spirit of turpentine.
2. The sticky mixture of resin and volatile oil from which turpentine is distilled.
3. A brownish-yellow resinous liquid obtained from the terebinth.
tr.v. tur·pen·tined, tur·pen·tin·ing, tur·pen·tines
1. To apply turpentine to or mix turpentine with.
2. To extract turpentine from (a tree).

[Middle English, resin of the terebinth, from Old French terebentine, from Latin terebinthina (rsna), terebinth (resin), from Greek terebinthin, feminine of terebenthinos, from terebinthos, terebinth tree.]

turpen·tinic (-tnk), turpen·tinous (-tns) adj.

turpentine
Noun
1. a strong-smelling colourless oil distilled from the resin of some coniferous trees, and used for thinning paint, for cleaning, and in medicine
2. a semisolid mixture of resin and oil obtained from various conifers, which is the main source of commercial turpentine
3. Not in technical usage any one of a number of thinners for paints and varnishes, consisting of fractions of petroleum [Latin terebinthina]

turpentine  (tûrpn-tn)
1. A thin, easily vaporized oil that is distilled from the wood or resin of certain pine trees. It is used as a paint thinner and solvent. Chemical formula: C10H16.
2. The sticky mixture of resin and oil from which this oil is distilled.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.turpentineturpentine - obtained from conifers (especially pines)
oil of turpentine, spirit of turpentine, turps, turpentine - volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally
oleoresin - a naturally occurring mixture of a resin and an essential oil; obtained from certain plants
Chian turpentine - a turpentine exuded by the terebinth
2.turpentineturpentine - volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as paint thinner and solvent and medicinally
essential oil, volatile oil - an oil having the odor or flavor of the plant from which it comes; used in perfume and flavorings
gum terpentine, turpentine - obtained from conifers (especially pines)
Translations
turpentine [ˈtəːpəntaɪn] n (also: turps) → trementina

turpentine [ˈtəːpəntaɪn] n (also: turps) → (essence f de) térébenthine f

turpentine [ˈtəːpəntaɪn] n (also: turps) → Terpentin nt

turpentine [ˈtəːpəntaɪn] n (also: turps) → acqua ragia

turpentine
n turpentine [ˈtəːpəntain]
a type of oil used for thinning certain kinds of paint, cleaning paint-brushes etc. terpentyn بوابَه دَوّارَه терпентин terpentýn terpentin das Terpentin νέφτι trementina, aguarrás tärpentiin روغن تربانتین tärpätti térébenthine טֶרפֶּנטִין टर्पैन्टाइन गंध बिरोजा terpentin terpentin terpentin terpentína trementina テレビン油 테레빈 유 terpentinas terpentīns turpentin terpentijnolie terpentin, white-spirit terpentyna terebentina terebentină скипидар terpentín terpentin terpentin terpentin น้ำมันสน terpentin, neft yağı 松節油 скипидар, терпентин تاڑپين کا تيل nhựa thông


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If the turpentine don't work, I'll try French chalk, magneshy, and warm suds.
He soon spied them out, and putting down the candle, deliberately proceeded to cast them into the fire: palette, paints, bladders, pencils, brushes, varnish: I saw them all consumed: the palette-knives snapped in two, the oil and turpentine sent hissing and roaring up the chimney.
When all the keeper's goods were flung upon this costly pile, to the last fragment, they smeared it with the pitch, and tar, and rosin they had brought, and sprinkled it with turpentine.
 
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